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A Pageant 

of 

Progress 




Women of American 
History 



By 

Catherine Carroll 

McCarthy 



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INTRODUCTION 



In my experience in woman's clubs 
in small communities when arranging 
programs, I found one must often re- 
sort to local people to furnish their 
own entertainment. Observing also 
that women generally are keenly in- 
terested in style shows year after 
year, the thought came to me, why 
not introduce characters from Amer- 
ican history, have something with a 
background, so to speak? 

In every community can be found 
family heirlooms which are exhibited 
with pride. Their associations with 
history or tradition making a topic 
of interest in the neighborhood. We 
also note a willingness in every man, 
woman and child in such places to get 
out to see wife, duaghter or mother 
take part in a program. So after all, 
we are brought to do something to 
fill a demand for a program. 

This explains my development of 
this arrangement of our Pageant of 
Progress. 

Catherine Carroll McCarthy. 

emiftiiMEi NOV 24 1922 



CHARACTERS INTRODUCED. 

Characters. Expression. 

Isabelle Vision, Magnanimity, Sacrifice 

DeSoto Executive Ability 

The Italian Peasant Adventure 

Evangeline Devotion and Loyalty 

Pocahontas Justice 

Priscilla Modesty and Refinement 

Quakeress Friendship, Sisterhood 

Ann Hutchinson Independece of Thought 

Frau Van Twiller.... Wifely Duty and Thrift 
Martha Washington. ...Dignity and Elegance 

Betsy Ross Patriotism 

Dolly Madison Fersonal Charm 

Mrs. Lincoln ....Ambition 

Harriet Beecher Stowe Conscience 

Black Mammy Faithfulness in Slavery 

Nun Mercy, Comfort to Afflicted 

Sacajawea. .Guidance, Protection, Providence 

Dr. Mary Walker Aggressiveness 

Amelia Bloomer Freedom of Action 

Reforms. 

Temperance Politics Legislation 

Social Service 

Honorable Mention. 

Science Art Music 

Periods of Pastime. 

Sewing Bee Narrowness Envy 

Club Meeting. 

Garden Party Vanity and Affectation 

Self Improvement and Community 

Service 



SETTING. 



Stage arranged as a picture frame. Cur- 
tain to be drawn apart by two girls dressed 
as pages, Colonial style, black tri-cornered 
hats, powdered hair, curls on shoulder, 
cut-away coats with gold paper trimming 
cut in embroidery or braided design, short 
bosom ruffled, wrapped sthck collar, lace 
at wrists, white knee-breeches, stripes up 
the side, white stockings, black shoes with 
large metal or tin buckles. 

Two women seated at table, placed to 
side in front of stage, large book on table 
to represent scrap-book. Woman dressed 
in miodern clothes with hair to represent 
between fifty and sixty for mother. Daugh- 
ter young lady grown, college girl age 



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BRIEF DETAILS OP COSTUMES. 

ISABELLA: 

Posed standing on throne. Small child 
to represent page, with jewel box in hand- 
White spangel tunic with girdle. Cloak of 
red or purple, with border to represent 
ermine, hung loose from shoulder. White 
Spanish lace veil, tiara crown. 

DESOTA: 

Black Spanish lace fichu on head over 
high comb. Long fringe crepe shawl, 
draped from shoulder to arm; full gaudy 
colored skirt; white stocking's, sandal slip- 
pers with black ribbon-strapped ankles; 
large ear-rings and many jewels. 

ITALIAN PEASANT: 

Short full skirt, gathered at waist, Al- 
pine bodice of dark velvet, laced in front 
over white gimp, gathered at neck; full 
sleeves gathered at wrist; f.at, towel-like 
head-dress hanging down to shoulders; 
white apron finished at hem with border of 
c: chet lace, bright colored stockings, low 
shoes. 

EVANGELINE: 

Normandy cap hair in two braids, French 
blue peasant cloak with arm slips, and cowl 
hoed hanging loose from shoulder; lighter- 
colored dress, white stockings and low 
shoes. 

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POCAHONTAS: 

Tunic of heavy material to represent 
buckskin, knee length, cut in fringe; girdle 
and necklace of beads and elk teeth; red 
band across forehead, with crown feathers; 
hair in two long black braids; moccasins 

QUAKERESS: 

Drab gray plain dress; small shawl of 
same point reaching waist line in back; 
close-fitting sleeves; small white collar; 
Quaker bonnet of same gray. 

ANN HUTCHINSON: 
Coal-hod shaped bonnet of straw; ribbon 
across crown; colored shawl, full skirt. 

FRAU VAN TWILLER: 

Hair parted and slicked back under light 
calico quilted cap close fitted to ears; 
worsted petticoat, basque buttoned up 
front; small, flat round collar- 

MARTHA WASHINGTON: 

Flowered panier puffed over hips; plain 
blue skirt; bodice laced across to give 
slender waist-line; lace fuchu, lace ruffles 
at elbow; powdered hair; pompadour and 
puff style, side cull, dainty lace cap, black 
ribbon velvet at throat; powder and patch 
facial make-up. 

BETSY ROSS: 

Charlotte Corday cap; white dress; na- 
tional blue sash. 

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DOLLY MADISON: 

Flowered organdie; three or five ruffles 
to waist on skirt; waist same material; 
lace ruffles on neck, and elbow sleeves; 
leg-horn hat with flowers; black velvet rib- 
bon ties; bending hat at ears, long stream- 
ers to one side, many side-curls. 

MRS. LINCOLN: 

Silk-striped full skirt gathered full under 
plain band waist; small neat lace collar 
with brooch; heavy hair in coarse net 
water-fall effect; black ribbon band aiound 
head; hair parted and smoothed back • 

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE: 
Short corkscrew curls hanging from side- 
comb; basque; long plain s.eeves; ruching 
at neck with large brooch. 

BLACK MAMMY: 

Bandanna handke'rchi-af on head over 
black woolly wig; gay-colored shoulder 
shawl; a big apron and calico skirt. 

NUN: 

French cornet headdress of stiff white 
linen; white band across brow and under 
chin, covering ears; white linen 'round yoke 
fastened with plain band collar; black 
dress floor length; plain belt girdle; large 
black rosary at side; silver cross hung at 
breast. 

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SACAJAWEA: 

The same as Pocahontas, with Indian 
blanket draped around papoose at back; 
posed with one hand pointing at distance. 

SEWING BEE: 

Old woman; plain smooth hair over ears; 
tight coil at back; shoulder shawls of vari- 
ous colors; plain skirts; posed in rocking- 
chairs; girls with bustle, spinster-like; 
small scarf shawl hanging in front; small 
brimmed, low-crown hat down in front and 
tilted at back with many flowers; hair in 
pug knot; lace mitts and small ruffler par- 
asol. 

DR. MARY WALKER: 

Derby hat; black Prince Albert coat; 
long trouseis; white shirt, stiff collar, black 

tie. 

AMELIA BLOOMER: 

Blouse and bloomers, tan color; heavy 
white stockings; oxford shoes; dish-shaped 
hat. 

FRANCES WILLARD: 

Ha'r con bed neatly back in coils; bowed 
glasses; plain shirtwaist; collar of same; 
club tie bow; plain gored skirt; roL of 
paper in hand. 

SUSAN B. ANTHONY: 

Small horseshoe bonnet; ribbons bowed 
under chin; Paisley shawl. 

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ANNA HOWARD SHAW: 
Graduation cap and gown; grey hair 
waved under cap. 

MARY ANDERSON: 

Jeweled skull cap; waving hair on shoul- 
ders; light-colored tunic; Greek key border 
of gilt caught on shoulders with large me- 
dallion ornament; tunic slit from shoulder 
to foot on left side; sandal slippers. 

MRS. POTTER PALMER: 

White or blonde hair; waved and frizzed 
coiled high; tiara head-dress of brilliants; 
dog-collar of pearls; low evening gown 
with opera coat; white fox fur collar; jew- 
elry. 

BRIDE OF 1897: 

White brocaded silk entrain; boned 
waist; high neck; leg of mutton sleeves, 
fitted from elbow to wrist; plain high stock 
collar; tulle veil enveloping figure ar- 
ranged on head with orange blossom 
wreaths; white gloves and prayer book- 

GARDEN PARTY: 

Two figures in princess robes — one lace, 
on e pink; head-dress very much puffed, 
with large hat with willow plumes; the 
other with blue suit, black Merry Wildow 
hat. 

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CLUB MEETING: 

Young women in modern afternoon 
gowns; up-to-date head-dress; pouring tea; 
groups assembling; late modes of suits, 
coats, furs and hats; three generations of 
one family seated at one side. 

EVENING GOWN: 

Most extreme decollette. 

WAR SERVICE GIRLS. 

RED CROSS NURSE. 

SALVATION ARMY GIRLS. 

"Y." WORKER COSTUME. 

AMBULANCE DRIVER: 

Leather coat and cap; high laced boots- 

AVIATION: 

Leather coat with helmet reversed. 

FLAPPER: 

Middy suit; bobbed hair. 

COLLEGE GIRL: 

Khaki hiking costume. 



ISABEL posed standing, small child to 
represent page with jewel box in hands. 
(Look up Spanish court dress of the time 
in Encyclopedia). White or spangled 
gown, cloak of red for some bright color, 
fix cotton border to represent ermine, hung 
loose from shoulder, white Spanish lace 
veil, hung flat across head and straight 

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down back, gold paper and rhinestone 
jewels sewed on. 

M- DE SOTA— Short full skirt, bright 
brocade yellow and red, a long fringed 
creepe shawl over one shoulder and under 
other arm, black Spanish lace fichu: on 
head, dark hair curled. 

ITALIAN PEASANT WOMAN— Full 
dark skirt, apron with showy crochet lace, 
small shawl drawn across breast and tied 
at waist behind, towel-shaped head-dress, 
dark hair parted and smooth over ears. 

EVANG7LINE. 

PRISCILLA. 

QUAKERESS. 

ANN HUTCHINSON, with coal hod bon- 
net and shawl, full skirt. 

DUTCH— Look in Irvine's "Knicker- 
bocker History of New York." Something 
like "Dutch Cleanser" sign. 



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"WOMAN OF AMERICA." 



PROLOGUE. 

Americanization developed as the result 
of war conditions. Finding our country 
overrun with spies and foreign propagand- 
ists, wa begun to realize the necessity of 
arousing the national spirit and a unity of 
action for the protection of the country's 
interests. 

Movies, pageants, and programs, that 
expressed patriotism, were encouraged 
everywhere. In small communities where 
we are obliged to entertain ourselves, the 
taking part in a review like this wiil re- 
call woman's part in each periled of our 
American History. 

Beginning with the discovery of our 
country by Columbus, we find in each per- 
iod some woman who distinguished herself 
as a leader to advance some progress in 
our development. The idea advanced by 
each woman often seemed rash, but years 
afterward we see it adopted as practical- 

The characters we present make pict- 
ures of special interest to our women of 
today. As Shakespeare says, "Dress oft 
proclaims the man," so that every self- 
expression we find in dress makes our 
characters speak louder than words. Truly 

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in every age we can find the scarlet women 
of Babylon. So likewise modesty, ele- 
gance and extremes are expressed in the 
very clothes we wear. 

Woman's resourcefulness in dress began 
at the story of creation, when Mother Eve 
utilized the fig leaf as the only available 
material for a limited attire. 



DIALOGUE BEFORE PICTURES. 



THE MOTHER SAYS: 

"Daughter, I have so often wished that 
we might go over this old scrap-book of 
mother and grandmother, to which I have 
added some late clippings. Women in 
tiiose old days, not having the attractive 
women's magazines that we now have, 
naturahy resorted to the scrap-book to pre- 
serve clippings of notable events and this 
one before us is devoted entirely to move- 
ments that women took special part in." 

DAUGHTER: 

"I am sure I am going to enjoy those 
pictures of quaint old clothes. The put- 
ting on and taking off of dress accessories 
from time to time will surely be of great 
interest to me-" 

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FIRST PICTURE. 



Isabelle, Que^ii of Spain- 

MOTHER: 

"We all know the story of her wonderful 
sacrifice. For a woman to sell her jewels 
to finance the expedition of Columbus 
must indeed be considered a sacrifice, as 
jewels are valued today by our women. 

"Her husband, the King, was swayed by 
the public opinion that the theory of the 
world being: round and a land beyond was 
absurd, beyond reaspn, but Isabelle with 
a virion beyond her time had implicit 
faith in the enterprise." 

DAUGHTER: 

"Doubtless in the speech of our present 
day it would be considered a wild dream." 

MOTHER: 

"In studying; the personality of of Isa- 
belle, we read of her agreement with Fer- 
dinand, that they should have equal au- 
thority in the government of the Domin- 
ions of Spain." 

DAUGHTER: 

"How like our independent whmen of to- 
day." 

MOTHER: 

"She organized what was called a Holy 
Brotherhood, which was to protect persons 
and property from the violence of the No- 
bles. Her movement in the cause of edu- 
cation and advancement in university work 

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were wonderful for the time. The Monks 
were students of navigation and other sci- 
ences and so encouraged Isabelle to give 
her financial support to the expedition thus 
enabling Columbus to plant the first Cross 
on American soil." 



SECOND PICTURE. 



De Sota. 

MOTHER: 

"So early in the history of our country, 
Inez Bobadilla, wife of DeSota, became the 
Governor of the Island of Cuba during the 
absence of her husband on the expedition 
of the Mississippi." 

DAUGHTER: 

"How wonderful those rich, fringed 
shawls and what a gorgeous picture those 
Spanish costumes make." 



THIRD PICTURE. 



The Italian Peasant Woman. 

MOTHER: 

"This represents the brave little italian 
women, having loft sunny Italy, a land of 
song and music, an atmosphere of art and 
civilization, coming with husbands to a land 
where savage tribes abound. This certain- 
ly required some courage." 

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FOURTH PICTURE. 



Evangeline. 

MOTHER: 

"Longfellow, in his story of Evangeline, 
begins with these expressive lines: 
'Ye who believe in the affection that en- 
dures and is patient, 
Ye who believe in the beauty and strength 
of woman's devotion." 

"This portrays the glorious French wom- 
anhood that were the first to co.onize that 
America north of us, now called Canada." 

DAUGHTER: 

"The story of Evangeline is immortal, 
and every high school girl, who studies 
this beautiful story, is inspired to worthy 
deeds when reading this pathetic story of 
devotion ond sacrifice." 



FIFTH PICTURE. 

Pocahontas. 

MOTHER: 

"The beautiful Indian Princess, Poca- 
hontas, braving the displeasure of her 
father, the savage chief, pleads for mercy 
and saves the life >of the English Captain, 
John Smith. Thus we see the woman of 
the savage tribe seems to display the same 
love and sympathy as her white sister." 

DAUGHTER: 

"Why, that fringed buckskin skirt is so 

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much like this very season's style. Some- 
times I think the late designs in dress have 
the expression of paganism and barbar 
ism." 

(Introduce Indian song or music — Cad- 
mas' "Land of the Sky-Blue Water"). 



SIXTH PICTURE. 



Priscilla. 

MOTHER: 

"In Priscilla we have the expression of 
modesty and refinement in dress and the 
demure manner of the Puritan maiden." 

DAUGHTER: 

"There is something s)o sweet and chaste 
about Priscilla, surely Miles Standish de- 
feated his own ambition when he sent John 
Alden to present his suit- Priscilla no 
doubt saw in John Alden's nice way of 
talking a very congenial mind when she 
said to John, "Why don't you speak for 
yourself?" 



SEVENTH PICTURE. 



The Quakeress and Ann Hutchinson. 

MOTHER: 

"Now w e have the Quakeress leaving the 
meeting with Ann Hutchinson. Ann Hutch- 
inson rebelled against the teaching of the 
Puritans. Although the religious thought 
of the two women was so different, it is 

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the old, old story for woman to stand be- 
side woman as sisters in distress." 

DAUGHTER: 

"Oh, yes! The two Marys at the foot of 
the Cioss; Mary ,th e mother of Jesus, and 
Mary Magdalene, the repented sinner, have 
given us that beautiful example." 



EIGHTH PICTURE. 



Prau Van Twiller. 

MOTHER: 

"Of this Dutch type that colonized New 
York, we have an example of thrifty wife- 
hood. In Irving's "Knickerbocker History 
of New York,' referring to New Amster- 
dam, he says::: 'The female sex whose 
arch innovations on the tranquility iof this 
particular settlement, it is said, conduct- 
ed themselves with crediitable sobriety and 
comeliness.' Those were honest days in 
which every woman stayed at home, read 
her Bible, and wore pockets * * * conven- 
ient receptacles for scissors, thimble, 
thread, etc.. We see by this how our 
great great grandmothers differed in 
ideas from the scantily dressed descend- 
ants of the present day." 

DAUGHTER: 

"Surely she has enough skirts to carry 
around. And that little cap covering her 
ears and most of her hair. Irving also 
says: 'Men in those days could en- 

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tertain but the love of one woman at a 
time.' I can see no chance for a divorce 
there. Her passion for cleanliness and de- 
votion to the scrub brush, no doubt, was 
the inspiration for our commercial artists 
in naming- 'Dutch Cleanser-' 

MOTHER: 

"We read further, 'Every good citizen 
ate when he was not hungry, drank when 
he was not thirsty, and went to bed at 
sunset whether he was sleepy or not, all 
of which tended so remarkablly to the pop- 
ulation of the settlement * * *. Every 
dutiful housewife made it a point to enrich 
her husband with one child each year." 

DAUGHTER: 

"Had present day family regulations 
prevailed in New Amsterdam, what a loss 
would be ours of thLi sturdy stock of fine 
American citizens, and where now would 
be our 'Four Hundred" of New York?" 

(End of first epoch— Settlers and Colon- 
ial Period)- 



Revolutionary Period. 



NINTH PICTURE. 



Martha Washington. 

MOTHER: 

"Martha Washington, the gracious and 

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charming wife lof our first President, the 
honored first lady of the land. There is 
a dignity and elegance expressed in the 
costume of Madame Washington." 

DAUGHTER: 

"To me her dress expresses the pompa- 
dour period. The brocade and lace and the 
powdered hair and all the dainty acces- 
sories." 



TENTH PICTURE. 



Betsy Ross. 

MOTHER: 

'Tn Betsy Ross we have the patriotic 
awakening in woman. Betsy has gone 
down in history as the woman who made 
the first flag." 

(Introduce singing of a flag song.) 



ELEVENTH PICTURE. 



Dolly Madison. 

MOTHER: 

"Dorothy Paine Madison, wife of our 
fourth President, noted as a woman off un- 
usual beauty." 

DAUGHTER: 

"Her dress be'ongs to the bouffant skirt 
and fluffy ruffle period." 

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TWELFTH PICTURE. 



Mary Todd Lincoln. 

MOTHER: 

"Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of our first 
martyred President, who stood by the great 
Lincoln during' an administration that com- 
pared with Washington's. This waa 
one of the great epochs in our country's 
history." 

DAUGHTER: 

"This picture is of the hoop-skirt age, 
when feminine accessories seem to have 
taken up much room in the world. Just 
think of a movie audience today being 
handicapped in pausing in and out of seats, 
getting entangled in those old hoops. See 
the hair in th e net, and such a good, sub- 
stantial net that had to hold all that heavy 
hair. They called that style of hair- 
dressing the waterfall." 



THIRTEENTH PICTURE, 



Harriet Beecher Stowe. 

MOTHER: 

"Harriet Beecher Stowe stirring the con- 
science of the nation to the injustice of 
slavery. The slavery question was agitat- 
ed in press and public platform, and per- 
haps every pulpit in the country. Somehow 
a story like 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' dramat- 

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ized as it was, appealed to every man, 
woman and child. Details were presented 
in a pathetic way which made a popular 
appeal to the imagination when fine words 
often went over their heads." 

DAUGHTER: 

"Well, that is the same argument that 
is being made now for good clean movies, 
as no child ever forgot 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' 



FOURTEENTH PICTURE. 



The Black Mammy. 
MOTHER: 

"Slavery is the dark page in Amer- 
ican history, but what a godsend those 
dear old black mammies were, happy in 
the joy of caring for children." 

DAUGHTER: 

"Of course it was the bliss of ignor- 
ance. The reaction of the greed that con- 
trolled slavery is the negro problem of the 
South of the present day." 

(Introduce negro melody or "Mammy's 
Lullaby." 



FIFTEENTH PICTURE. 



Nun on the Battlefield. 

MOTHER: 

"As we have nuns following up the work 
of the missionaries in the education of In- 
dians and whites, and in all kinds of char- 

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itable work, but at this period of our his- 
tory we find the nun on the battlefield- I 
have heard a distinguished G. A. R- man, 
CoHonel Henderson, who was afterwards 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
pay such a glowing tribute to "The Nun 
on the Battlefield." 

DAUGHTER: 

"At this late day of organized charity, 
the silent Sister of Mercy, who did not let 
her right hand know what her left hand 
did, is now to have a place in the Hall of 
Fame as one of the distinguished women 
in American history." 

(Footnote. — Look up Elizabeth Baily Sea- 
ton, founder of Sisters of Charity). 



SIXTEENTH PICTURE. 



Sacajawea (meaning Bird Woman). 

MOTHER: 

"At Three Forks, Montana, a memorial 
is erected to Sacajawea, the Indian heroine, 
the guiding star of the Lewis and Clark 
expedition. Paxton, oulr Montana artist, 
whose fame as a painter of Indian pictures, 
immortalizes her in one of his prize paint- 
ings. It is reported that when a canoe 
capsized, Sacajawea with a papoose on her 
back saved the priceless records and scien- 
tific instruments, while the men of the 
party thought only ioff self preservation. 
Knowing the treachery of the savage 

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tribes the expedition was likely to encoun- 
ter, Sacajawea was ever the alert and loyal 
guide of the expedition." 



SEVENTEENTH PICTURE. 



Sewing Bee. 
MOTHER: 

''The country, now being generally set- 
tled, sewing bee^ were a popular social 
activity. ■ The cups of tea flavored with 
the neighborhood gossip and a ten- 
cent tax was one way to help the church 
building. This young lady with her bus- 
tle was the sensation and envy of the 
neighborhood. This was one of the wildest 
schemes of dress accessory." 

DAUGHTER: 

"To think of carrying about all that 
excess baggage. Why, women must have 
looked like kangaroos-" 



EIGHTEENTH PICTURE. 



MOTHER: 

"Surely Dr. Mary Walker shocked the 
world when she took to wearing male at- 
tire, but even to take up the profession of 
law or medicine was considered in that day 
and age as something very unwomanly." 

DAUGHTER: 

"But we do not think it unusual now to 
see women in all kinds of professions, and 

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our girls on a hike or horseback riding 
would not think it safe to dress in any 
other way than by wearing breeches." 



NINETEENTH PICTURE. 



MOTHER 

"Amelia Bloomer ventured fforth in the 
costume now named after her." 

DAUGHTER: 

"And the girls in the gym, who play bas- 
ketball pay tribute to her, as the bloomer 
and blouse certainly give freedom of ac- 
tion in all kinds of athletics." 



TWENTIETH PICTURE. 



Frances Willard. 

MOTHER: 

"Frances Willard has been given a place 
in the Hall of Fame, being identified with 
the temperance movement. The evils of 
drink having wrecked many homes, the 
liquor dealers abusing their privilege, 
made it possible ftor her to gain follow- 



TWENTY-FIRST PICTURE. 



DAUGHTER: 

"Next Carrie Nation comes on with her 
hatchet and takes this violent method of 

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putting the saloon-keeper out of busi- 
ness." 

MOTHER: 

"No doubt the courage of both of these 
women resulted in th e passing of the pro- 
hibition law." 

DAUGHTER: 

"But Mother, some woman will have to 
get busy on the bootleggers before the 
public is much benefited-" 



TWENTY-SECOND PICTURE. 



Politics. 

MOTHER: 

"When Susan B. Anthony talked wom- 
en's rights, it was looked upon as a wild 
absurdity, but we now see v/pman suffrage 
in every State in the Union." 

DAUGHTER: 

"But look at her bonnet with the strings 
tied under her chin," 

MOTHER: 

"In those days when a woman reached 
the age and condition of fair, fat and forty 
it was the dignified thing to wear bonnet 
and shawl. For a woman to appear in 
public without a cloak of some kind was 
doing what was caked 'showing her shape/ 
surely a very immodest parade." 

DAUGHTER: 

"Oh, if they could only see us now." 

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TWENTY-THIRD PICTURE. 



Anna Howard Shaw (with cap and gown). 

MOTHER: 

"Anna Howard Shaw, as she appeared 
at the head of the suffrage parade, walk- 
ing with th e confident stride of the wom- 
an who accomplishes her mission in life." 

DAUGHTER: 

"And the Montana men led the country 
in electing the first woman to Congress, 
Jeannette Rankin. (Honorable mention). 

MOTHER: 

"Of course, women could vote, but I 
know of men who did vote for her because 
they wanted Montana to be the first Scate 
to elect a Woman to Congress." 



TWENTY-FOURTH PICTURE. 



Mary Anderson. 

MOTHER: 

"Mary Anderson, the queen of drama, 
whose reputation on and off the stage re- 
flects credit on her convent training. The 
divine Sarah has said, from her own ex- 
perience in a convent school, that lor^ of 
tradition and the attractive way they have 
of presenting histbry, added to the love n l 
study, is the very atmosphere and founda- 
tion for the scho.ar of the stage.' " 

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TWENTY-FIFTH PICTURE. 



MOTHER: 

"Bertha Honore Palmer, a midwest girl, 
educated in Georgetown, Washington, a so- 
ciety matron whose culture and gracious 
manner were a passport in every court in 
Europe and at a time when America in the 
making was still considered crude." 



Honorable Mention. 

We should mention here women who led 
in science and art, but not having- their 
pictures we will mention their achieve- 
ments. 

Marie Mitchell, whose researches in as- 
tronomy caused the Mitchell comet to bo 
named in her honor. 

Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 
whose sculpture received prizes in the Paris 
salon. 

Helen Keller, a remarkable woman of our 
age, blind and deaf, she acquired an ad- 
vanced education demonstrating the fact 
that life can be worth living though de- 
prived of most of the faculties that assist 
progress in intellectual development. 

Miss Sullivan, her teacher, deserves 
mention for finding a means to impart 
knowledge to one so handicapped. 

"In social service we have Jane Addams, 
whose Hull House in Chicago was the be- 
ginning of community betterment. 

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"Virginia Fair, a Nevada girl (now Mrs. 
W. K- Vanderbilt, o£ New York), has used 
her wealth for suffering humanity in a 
practical way, erected apartments with 
sun-parlors and sleeping porches for the 
benefit of wage-earners afflicted with tu- 
berculosis." 



TWENTY-SIXTH PICTURE. 



A Bride of a Quarter of a Century Ago. 
MOTHER: 

"This bride, so modestly attired, high 
neck, long sleeves trailing skirt and com- 
pletely veiled her prayer-book in her dainty 
gloved hand, all express the reverence she 
feels as she approaches the marriage altar." 

DAUGHTER: 

"Even with changes in styles, there is 
always a way to express modesty and re- 
finement- The clergy must have heartily 
approved this style of bridal costume as 
decidedly appropriate when receiving the 
holy vow. But, Mother, dear, the other 
day I happened to read in the 'Horoscope/ 
wherever the 'McGlure Syndicate' gets 
their inside information that the influence 
of the planets predicts an 'era of decency-' 
Think of it! Modesty in dress is likely to 
become fashionable. I also *ead in the 
paper, at a convention of dancing masters, 
that jazz was denounced; that slow, soft 
music for dances was tio be the fad now. 

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I see myself practicing 1 overtime on the 
court minuet next-" , 

MOTHER: 

"That all sounds soothing to the nerves. 
We surely have stimulated excitement by 
the fast and furious rate we are going." 



TWENTY-SEVENTH PICTURE. 



Garden Party of 1908. 

MOTHER: 

"The lace gown on hostess, her guests, 
the one in pink crepe de chine, the other 
in blue silk suit and the Merry Widow hat, 
that was threatened with legislative regu- 
lation. This waa a dress period of some 
twelve years ago, and garden parties were 
popular social affairs of the time." 



TWENTY-EIGHTH PICTURE. 



American Women in War Service. 

MOTHER: 

"The war brought our loyal American 
women to all sorts of war service. Our 
picture has the Red Cross Nurse, the Sal- 
vation Army Girl, the Overseas Worker 
and the Woman Ambulance Driver." 

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TWENTY -NINTH PICTURE, 
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Aviation. 

MOTHER: 

"Katherine Stinson at; eighteen years old 
was considered the Queen of Aviation-" 



THIRTIETH PICTURE. 



Club Meeting. 

MOTHER: 

"Today clubs are so general as woman's 
popular pastime, that often three genera- 
tions i of women are in one club. This dis- 
tinctly American type of womanhood is re- 
ceiving worthy comment from our sisters 
acro:is the water. I read in a London paper 
that the club habit was one reason why 
American women never really did grow 
old." 

DAUGHTER: 

"Now this is an assembly where after- 
noon gowns, tailored suits and the late 
models in cloaks and furs and all the pre- 
vailing styles of hats and hair-dress ap- 
pear." 



THIRTY-FIRST PICTURE. 



Evening Gown. 
MOTHER: 

"We now see the extreme limit of dress 
in this late mode in an evening gown. A 

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flip reporter referred to this as the low and 
behold gown, held up on one shoulder by 
a string of beads and on the (other by the 
grace of God." 

DAUGHTER: 

"She looks like she might need the grace 
of God, all right." 



THIRTY-SECOND PICTURE. 



MOTHER: 

"Looking around us we see the high 
school flapper, and now the College girls 
on a hike." All sing "America the Beau- 
tiful." 



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